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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Rupes, rupēs: Akademik Rupes on Mercury

Akademik Rupes

Feature Name	Akademik Rupes
Clean Name	Akademik Rupes
Feature ID	16112
Target	Mercury
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	MESSENGER Team
Northernmost Latitude	5.37 °
Southernmost Latitude	10.06 °
Easternmost Longitude	160.47 °
Westernmost Longitude	163.52 °
Diameter	265.00 km
Center Latitude	8.14 °
Center Longitude	161.66 °
WKT String	LINESTRING (198.81958 -5.350342, 199.006348 -5.888672, 199.171143 -6.481934, 199.401855 -6.976318, 199.665527 -7.283936, 199.742432 -7.602539, 199.445801 -7.910156, 198.896484 -8.272705, 198.347168 -8.635254, 197.819824 -9.107666, 197.270508 -9.547119, 196.885986 -9.854736000000001, 196.501465 -9.997559000000001)
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Bulgaria
Quad	H-08 [pdf]
Reference	[659] - European Science Foundation Marine Board Position Paper 10: European Ocean Research Fleets, Towards a Common Strategy and Enhanced Use, March 2007: https://www.marineboard.eu/sites/marineboard.eu/files/public/publication/Ocean%20Research%20Fleets-4.pdf
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Dec 02, 2022
Origin	Bulgarian; a research vessel for geological, biological, chemical, physical, and ecological investigations in the Black Sea since 1979.
Last Updated	Dec 12, 2022 4:57 PM

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